The Issue is lowering the drinking age and it affects people by some being responsible and some not. Lowering the drinking age ‚ 18 is the age of adulthood in the U.S. and adults should have the right to make their own decisions. Allowing 18 to 20 year olds in regulated areas in supervision could decrease safe drinking. Supervision could prevent unsafe doing. Lowering MLDA could diminish the thrill of breaking the law to get a drink. Revenue would increase and more people would be allowed in bars
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The pros of lowering the drinking age The pros : According to the NHTSA‚ the National Traffic Highway Safety Administration‚ in 2010 the drunk driving fatalities accounted for 32% of all traffic deaths. That means on average someone is killed in an alcohol-impaired driving crash about every 50 minutes in the U.S. United States law recognizes the legal drinking age as being 21 years of age. It is awfully contradictory in my eyes and probably those of others. Look at it from this point of
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Bryan Blejski ENG 101-010 Ms. Abbott 28 July 2011 Not Lowering the Drinking Age Many teenage deaths in the United States are caused in some way by the influence of alcohol; however‚ many people still believe that the legal drinking age should be reduced to eighteen. This issue has been going on for years‚ but the law has not been changed since the change to twenty-one in 1980. States have become stricter about preventing under-age drinking‚ but teenagers have no problem getting alcohol. There
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Emani Jackson Professor Sampol English 0-95 October 31‚ 2013 Lowering the legal drinking age Lowering the MLDA (Minimal Legal Drinking Age) drinking age has always been and will always be a big topic of discussion. Many may say that 21 is the age of adulthood and should remain the legal drinking age but many more disagree with that. The MLDA drinking age should be lowered because it is good for economy‚ 18 Is the age of adulthood and it would diminish the thrill of breaking the law to get
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traffic accidents and fatalities in many countries with a minimum drinking age of 18. This is a statistic which is supporting lowering the drinking age. This is showing how there is a drop in numbers of people who are involved in drunk driving accidents because their drinking age is 18. When you lower the drinking age‚ it makes the urge and temptation of alcohol not as high. When they are able to start drinking at a younger age‚ they are able to learn how to maintain a healthy balance of the substance
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Driving Age Teenagers need to be able to drive to get to school‚ work and sport practices. People think that teenagers shouldn’t be able to drive at such an early age but when really even if they were to start when they were 18-years-old they would still be a hazard on the roads. Teens need to be able to learn how to drive at some point so the earlier they learn than the quicker they become more safe drivers. Learning how to drive is one example for how teens can show their responsibilities by getting
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at the age of eighteen. Despite many responsibilities‚ why is it illegal for an eighteen year old to drink? How is it that the U.S. government can trust eighteen years old to vote and decide who can run the country‚ possess the ability to join the military and fight for their country‚ buy cigarettes‚ get emancipated from their parents‚ purchase and own a shotgun and rifle and yet these same eighteen year olds are still not allowed to drink? The United States has the highest legal drinking age in the
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Lowering MLDA Twenty-one to Eighteen The legal drinking age in the United States is twenty-one and older. Some states have been pushing to lower the age to eighteen. Some say that lowering the age would make it dangerous‚ but that is not the case. This would be beneficial to the government and to the public. Lowering the drinking age back to eighteen years old would be good for the economy‚ environment‚ and public safety. Lowering
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The controversial topic of lowering the drinking age has been present since they raised the minimum drinking age from eighteen to twenty-one in the summer of 1984. Today‚ we see that drinking is more than just an occasional weekend activity for young adults. Whether it be a young adult or a middle-aged individual‚ the consumption of alcohol is a popular coping mechanism for any misfortune one may endure. The only difference being that young adults are more susceptible to addiction. Another issue
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Lowering the Minimum Legal Drinking Alcohol consumption is the third leading actual cause of death in the United States‚ a major contributing factor to unintentional injuries‚ the leading cause of death for young people‚ and it accounts for an estimated 75‚000 or more total deaths in the United States annually. There have been a lot of discussions about whether to keep the minimum legal drinking age at 21 or to lower the minimum legal drinking age to 18. The minimum legal drinking age in the United
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